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There’s a couple reasons American History X makes my favorite movies list. One is simply that it’s a compelling look at a disturbing topic — neo-Nazism among young American men. Another is that it was a major step in Edward Norton becoming one of my favorite actors. At first, you may not think this [...] Tim January 22nd, 2010 | Tags: DVDs, Favorite Film Friday, movies | Category: Film | Comments are closed |
 Print This Post |  Email This PostSo, you’re going to spend a few months on the International Space Station and need a few diversions. Since you just can’t stroll to the nearest library or video store and even Amazon and Netflix don’t deliver there, you’ve got to hope it’s got some good entertainment on hand. Some idea of what’s [...] Tim August 25th, 2009 | Tags: Books, DVDs, space | Category: A Reading Life, Space Aged | Comments are closed |
Print This Post | Email This PostI’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve seen 2001: A Space Odyssey. I do have one huge regret about all those viewings, though. None has been in a movie theater on a big screen. I was 11 when the movie came out in 1968. I asked my parents to let me [...] Tim July 24th, 2009 | Tags: DVDs, Favorite Film Friday, sci-fi | Category: Film | Comments are closed |
Print This Post | Email This PostIt took a while (and more work than I can probably imagine) but Unplanned Democracy, the documentary about South Dakota’s 2006 abortion ban vote written and directed by Denise Ross, has its world premiere Saturday at the South Dakota Film Festival. Given that South Dakotans face another abortion vote in November, the premiere is [...] Tim September 15th, 2008 | Tags: abortion, documentary, DVDs | Category: Film | One comment - (Comments are closed) |
Print This Post | Email This PostThe cover story of the latest ABA Journal is the 25 Greatest Legal Movies. I’m not at all surprised at that top two but was very pleasantly surprised that My Cousin Viommy ws third. I never tire of this movie, which contains perhaps the most concise opening statement ever: “Everything that guy just [...] Tim August 5th, 2008 | Tags: DVDs, Law, movies | Category: Film | 2 comments - (Comments are closed) |
Print This Post | Email This PostA while ago I discovered Lists of Bests, a site that is just what the name implies. It is a list of “bests,” whether by award or personal preference. Looking at it this weekend, I wondered if the fact I hadn’t read any of the National Book Critics Circle award winners this year [...] Tim March 10th, 2008 | Tags: Books, DVDs, movies | Category: A Reading Life, Film | Comments are closed |
Print This Post | Email This PostIn light of my recent post about modern life and dystopias, the Dystopian Movie meme I found at SFSignal seemed timely. The rule is simply to put in bold the movies you’ve seen from the following list of top 50 dystopian movies. Metropolis (1927) Tim October 3rd, 2007 | Tags: DVDs, movies, sci-fi | Category: Film | One comment - (Comments are closed) |
Print This Post | Email This PostIt is unquestionably the most frightening movie I have seen in years. It actually bordered on making me feel physically ill. This isn’t some gory horror movie or some graphic war footage. It is the Oscar-nominated documentary Jesus Camp. The film takes us inside the homes and churches of children from Missouri [...] Tim February 3rd, 2007 | Tags: documentary, DVDs | Category: Film | Comments are closed |
Print This Post | Email This PostBen Folds and WASO – Live in Perth (2005) 3/5 Ben Folds joins forces with the 90-member Western Australian Symphony Orchestra in this 80-minute DVD of concert performances in Perth, Australia, in March. Some songs make the transition; others don’t. It’s an interesting but not awe-inspiring performance. I found it enjoyable largely because about half [...] Tim December 12th, 2005 | Tags: DVD reviews, DVDs | Category: Film | Comments are closed |
Print This Post | Email This PostGaslight (1944) 2.5/5 This film is a good example of why I generally don’t watch classics. You know the plot and where this movie is going about 15 minutes in and not much after that comes as a surprise or keeps you in suspense. Don’t get me wrong. Ingrid Bergman, who won both the Oscar and [...] Tim November 26th, 2005 | Tags: DVD reviews, DVDs | Category: Film | Comments are closed |
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